hospitalize
UK/'hɒspɪt(ə)laɪz/US/'hɒspitәlaiz/
B2
释义
v.
To admit someone to a hospital for medical treatment
使住院；送…住院治疗
词根拆分
词根派生hospital客人，主人，陌生人
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-ize与...有关的，具有...性质的
=hospitalize
hospital + -ize（「使/放入」）=「把某人送进医院」。一个建立在名词 hospital 上的直白现代动词，常用被动式（was hospitalized）。
使用指南
几乎总用被动式：be hospitalized for/with [病症]。英式英语也拼作 hospitalise。主动式（the doctor hospitalized him）在日常口语中较少见。
例句
- 1.
He was hospitalized for a week with pneumonia.
他因肺炎住院一周。
- 2.
Doctors decided to hospitalize her for further tests.
医生决定让她住院做进一步检查。
- 3.
Hundreds were hospitalized after the heatwave.
热浪过后数百人住院。